Norwegian lawer Magnus Stray Vyrje, which defended napster.no when that case went before norwegian supreme court, isn't ruling out that the procecutor is dropping half of the charges is just a tactical move.

Stray Vyrje says:
"By dropping some of the charges they may add focus to the parts of the charges where the procecution has a chance of winning"
He also feels that who the torrent system works is going to be central.

Norwegian lawer Magnus Stray Vyrje, which defended napster.no when that case went before norwegian supreme court, isn't ruling out that the procecutor is dropping half of the charges is just a tactical move.

Well, of course it is a tactical move. They wouldn't do it if they didn't see it as a tactical move.

Now, assuming the original idea was to focus upon what they thought, at the time, they could win, why did they include the other charges in the first place?

What they think they might win now is substantially less than what they thought they might win going into it. This is good news no matter how you slice it.